Have a Great Thanksgiving!!!!!

Another reason to love Artsonia!

This weekend I received this little gem in the mail!!!!!












Such a nice little thing that grandparents and loved ones can do to show love and support to your child even if they do live 20 hours away! (I'm not exactly from Nebraska....)




It made me smile. It also made me realize that the time it takes to upload images of student work is worth it.

Awesome Color blending App!!! BLENDOKU

I stop by one of my favorite Art Education blogs (The Art of Education) each day to get useful tips for my classroom. Last week they posted about a few IPad apps, and I'm so glad I took the time to read the post!

If you're looking for an educational art app that is also fun and WARNING: ADDICTING, then Blendoku is a Must!!!! Did I mention it's also FREE?!?!?

Here is a screen shot of a simple color blend. It ranges from easy to difficult....

A little tougher.....

Give it a try!!!!!! 

Learn more at 

http://www.blendoku.com/

(I know I just sounded like an Ad for this App, but I think it's AWESOME!)

Jr. High Giant Color Wheel

Jr. High started the first part of the quarter working on color theory. Students used primary colors only to make all the colors of the color wheel.

Happy Pile of Colors

 After students experienced mixing all the colors and painting small squares, students broke up into groups. Each group was assigned a color on the color wheel. They identified the correct squares,

tore the squares into small pieces for variety...... 

and glued the squares down to a large posterboard triangle.

After the triangles were complete, the students had to use their knowledge of color mixing to complete the color wheel.....

 

The RESULT!!! ONE GIANT COLOR WHEEL!!!!!!!!!!!

Masks Inspired by Egyptian Burial Masks

Sixth Graders are finished with their Egyptian Inspired burial masks. Students began with a basic sketch of their ideas.

Then we used plastic forms and got messy with paster gauze!

Once the masks hardened, students cut shapes from poster board scraps to add crowns, headdresses, collars, etc....

After the additions were made, the masks were sprayed with Gold Spray paint and the students used acrylic paints to add details.

Noah's Mask

Students Used the IPads to Post their work to Artsonia.

All the Masks as well as the rest of the Egyptian Inspired artwork may be viewed on our Artsonia  gallery.  

K-3 Egyptian Sunsets

We are wrapping up our unit on Ancient Egypt in the Elementary. Students in K-3 learned many art concepts through a series of small projects that turned into one finished piece of artwork. We began by discussing the colors of sunset and the difference between warm and cool colors. Students used markers on coffee filters. They chose either warm or cool colors to color their filters. After they scribbled, dotted, designed their filters, the fun began! We sprayed the filters to water and watched as the colors mixed and swirled together.

Mrs. Miller's hands got pretty colorful!

The next step was to create the desert sand.....

Students learned about color mixing with paints. We also talked about textures...

Yes, that's a mummy in the corner! Thanks to Mrs. Olsen for letting us use the mummy from the book fair! The students loved it! Especially Halloween week!!!!

FINALLY! We get to put it all together!!!! But not before talking about about author/illustrator Eric Carle! We also neeeded to discuss key concepts such as horizon line and diminishing size. Students really seemed to understand the idea that object appear smaller as they get closer to the horizon line. Students in grades 1-3 also enjoyed learning how to draw the 1 humped Egyptian camel by using simple shapes. 

But the classes that really loved the large camel on my wall.... Wednesday classes who would walk in and without hesitation yell

"HUMP DAAAYYYYY!!!!"

I kind of love it. 

And without further adieu......

Stewart's work from Mrs. Albers' Kindergarten class! Way to go Stewie!!!!

The rest of the work can be viewed on our artsonia gallery
http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?exhibit=707419

Project Inspired by Cassie Stephens' Blog
http://cassiestephens.blogspot.com/2012/02/hump-day.html